Just when you thought we're way past silly viral stunts like the infamous Tide Pod Challenge and the dangerous Pass Out Game, the teens of 2019 somehow found a way to one-up their predecessors with a new (and disgusting) Internet challenge

Yep, we've graduated from whacking cockroaches with slippers to straight up putting them on faces

As far as we can tell, the so-called "Cockroach Challenge" may have originated from Burmese teen Alex Yung. His Facebook post, showing a cockroach resting on his cheek, has been shared over 18,000 times at the time of writing.